Improvement in third seat fob caeriages



A. E. THAYER.

Carriage-Seat.

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AUSTIN E. THAYER, OF PLYMOUTH, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO M. B. BRYANT, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 69,270, dated September 24, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN THIRD SEAT FOR GARRIAGES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;

Be itknown that I, AUSTIN E. THAYER, of Plymouth, in the county of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Third Seat for Carriages; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying-drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a. full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a longitudinal section of the carriage, showing a side view of my third seat in position for use.

Figure 2, a like section, the seat in position when not required for use.

Figure 3,.an under sideriew looking up, the seat in position seen in fig. 1-; and in Figure 4 a section on lin e a: z, to illustrate the manner of locking the leg.

My invention relates to an improvement in the arrangement of the small seat usually hooked on to the principal seat, and commonly called the third scat, whereby the seat when not required for use maybe readily folded under the principal seat, or, when required, may be opened and set for use without being detached from the principal seat. by which arrangement the inconvenience attending the use of the common third seat is entirely overcome; and in order that my invention may be clearly understood, and that others may construct and use the same, I will proceed to a full description as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

A is the seat of an ordinary carriage, B the third seat, C the post or leg which supports the third seat. Upon the under side of the third seat I fix a metal plate or bar, D, as seen in fig. 3, which extends back and is hinged to the under side of the seat A at E E, the said bar D being of sufiicient length to carry the seat B so far from the seat A as not to interfere with the upholstering Thus hinged, the seat B may be readily turned back'beneath the seat A, as seen in fig. 2, when not in use, or out for use, as seen in fig. 1. The leg or support C is hinged to the seat- B at a, (see figs. 3 and 4,) so thatit may be folded up on to the seat B, as denoted in red, fig. 4. Upon the side of the leg C, opposite the hinge, I fix a spring-latch, d, which, when the leg is turned down to support the seat B, as seen in figs. 1 and 4, locks into the catch on' the seat B provided for the purpose, and when it is required to turn the seat- B under the seat A depress the latch 01, as denoted in red, fig. 4, and the legmay be folded as denoted in red, also seen in fig. 2. Upon the under side of the seat A Iattach a. hook or other contriva-nce, f, by which the seat B is held in the folded position denoted in fig. 2.

Having therefore thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I The seat B, provided with a. hinged leg, 0, and hinged to the seat A, and constructed in the manner described, so as to be folded beneath the seat A, as herein set forth.

AUSTINE. THAYER.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, ALTSIE J. TIBBITS. 

